Monday

Healthy Sprouts

When i used to think of sprouts as a teen it would be the horrible uncooked kind with some lemon squeezed on top with cucumbers and carrots and the same damn saying of 'it's good for you'. I think i fell in love with them when amma made usal and put her foot down that i must try it. Up till then i had somehow been able to escape eating it..but that day i was in a fix!! Lucky for me i loved it and still do and i eat it at-least twice a week without ever getting bored. But, the only way i like them is sauteed lightly ....and to a point where they sill retain their crunch. They are also great for you and keep you full for a long time.

I had never sprouted horse-gram (also known as kollu-tamil) till my previous visit to india where amma had started including them in her daily sprout mix. I loved its taste...it tasted something like mujjadra (middle-eastern dish) when sauteed with onions. In this recipe i combine sprouted horse-gram and the ever popular green moong with some veggies for a crunchy and satisfying tiffin or dinner when combined with soup.

That dish looks great rajitha. My grand pa use to eat sprouted moong dal, which I never liked to eat, may be your version will encourage me to eat them. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe with us. See you at round up.

The sprouts are looking so yummy rajitha!:)) definitely a good diet! nice entry! I feel this is a good side dish for plain chapathi!:))BTW, you can have the doll house too as it is hand made by me! You just collect some scrape and give shape to the furniture!:))